Category Archives: From Brewster’s brain.

Balance

Who wants to be able to keep up with the elite runners? Of course you do, but there is a significant difference between them and the rest of us. Yes, they train harder than the rest of us, they may be more genetically gifted than the rest of us and they have most likely been […]…

Offsetting festive season

We are fast approaching that time of year where many of us are spending more and more time at Christmas parties, eating too much of the wrong food, drinking more than we should, training less that we’d like and basically doing the festive indulgence thing. I’m not going to preach at you about trying to […]…

Running Up-Side Down

I’ve been coaching runners on technique for a long time now, and something that has always fascinated me and often surprises those I coach, is the massive impact that adjusting your upper body has on your lower body when running. When we walk, we swing our arms to help balance what our legs are doing […]…

Hemp, the seedy truth

The 12th of November 2017 is a day that will go down in history. But today is the day that foods made from hemp seed are able to be sold in Australia and New Zealand. The rest of the world caught onto this many years ago, but Food Standards Australian and NZ have been dragging […]…

Quinoa – Fad or Food

Quinoa seems to be the fad of the last decade or so. The super grain that is a rich source of plant protein, full of vitamins and minerals and supposedly eaten by the South Americans for centuries. So it sounds pretty good right? Well, yeah it is, but like everything else in this world, us […]…

The Perfect Mash-Up

Creating the perfect training schedule is not just about getting the right number of miles in the bank, or meters of vertical, or % of load increase. It’s also about finding that ideal mix of variability, particularly for trail runners, that challenges the body in the right ways. Will you build your endurance by progressively […]…

Who’s Biased?

The world is obsessed by health. Seems funny to say that when we are in the middle of an obesity, diabetes, autoimmune, cancer etc. epidemic. But people really want to know the truth and I believe the thing driving this is the rise of social media. Previously information was being controlled by the media, so […]…

Stop Being A Stubborn Fool

There is one biological reason for running that can’t be argued, nor should it be ignored. Hormones. You know, those hormones that make us feel good either during or directly after a run. It’s those same hormones that drive us to get out of bed early in the morning, or take on bigger challenges than […]…

Protein, Protein, Protein

What are the best protein supplements on the market? Do we need to take in protein directly after exercise to start recovery? Do we really need lots of protein? These 3 questions something I hear a lot. Due to so much conflicting information out there, it is quite easy to get confused about the topic. […]…

Shifting Gears But Not Changing Course

Over the past 12-18 months, Brewsters Running has been a little quiet. Yep, we haven’t been as active on social medial, you won’t have seen many of these blogs from us, and sightings of us at races have been few and far between. I have been asked many times “are you still running?” or just “where have […]…